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Multinational Security Support mission (MSS)
Mandatiert seit: 10/23
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BINUH
United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti
Mandatiert seit: 06/19
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News

03.07.2025
UN appoints Mexican diplomat as new chief of shrinking Haiti office

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Mexican diplomat Carlos Ruiz as the organization's special representative to Haiti and head of the U.N.'s office in the embattled Caribbean nation, that office, known as BINUH, said on Thursday.

Source: Reuters (paywall)
02.07.2025
Haitian capital ‘paralysed and isolated’ by gang violence, Security Council hears

Since January, the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), recorded over 4,000 individuals deliberately killed – a 24 per cent increase compared to the same period in 2024.  

Source: UN News
25.06.2025
International community urged to address persisting violence in Haiti

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged the international community to address escalating violence and human rights abuses in Haiti, noting that conditions have been steadily deteriorating one year after the deployment of the first personnel under the UN-authorized Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission.

Source: JURIST News
11.06.2025
Gang violence displaces a record 1.3 million Haitians

Nearly 1.3 million people have been forced to flee gang violence in Haiti and seek refuge elsewhere within the Caribbean country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Wednesday. This represents a 24 per cent increase from December 2024 according to the UN agency – the largest number of people displaced by violence on record there.

Source: UN News
19.05.2025
Conflict escalation and increasing internal displacement – thematic report

Since 30 March, clashes between armed gangs and Haiti’s multinational security mission (MSS) have increased in the cities of Mirebalais and Saint d’Eau in the Centre department. By 22 April, the clashes had killed at least 76 people. 

Source: ACAPS
30.04.2025
Trump administration tells Congress it plans to label Haitian gangs as foreign terror organizations

[…] The designation carries with it sanctions and penalties for anyone providing “material support” for the group.

Source: AP
21.04.2025
Haiti faces ‘point of no return’ as gang violence fuels chaos

Haiti is on the verge of “total chaos” as coordinated gang violence continues to escalate, threatening the State’s ability to maintain public order, the UN’s top envoy for the country warned on Monday. Special Representative María Isabel Salvador told ambassadors in the Security Council that a “deliberate and coordinated” campaign is being waged by organized crime groups to expand territorial control and paralyse the capital, Port-au-Prince.  

Source: UN News
21.04.2025
US asks partners to give more to MSS

On April 21, US Ambassador to the United Nations Dorothy Shea urged other countries to “contribute their fair share” to the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, … . “America cannot continue shouldering such a significant financial burden,” Shea said. 

Source: U.S. Mission to the UN
28.03.2025
Haiti reaches ‘yet another crisis point’ as gangs tighten their grip

The UN human rights chief sounded the alarm on Friday over the rapidly deteriorating situation in Haiti, calling it a “catastrophe” fuelled by gang violence, widespread impunity and a political process that is hanging by a thread.

Source: UN News
26.03.2025
Kenyan police officer goes missing in Haiti gang ambush

The force was attacked by gangs as they were helping a vehicle from the Haitian national police that got stuck in a ditch, the mission said in a statement. … The incident happened on Tuesday during a patrol operation in Haiti's town of Pont-Sondé, the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission to Haiti said.

Source: BBC